Moderate Tropical Storm Bernard (JTWC) designation: 03S; BoM designation: 01U was a weak and short lived tropical cyclone which existed during mid-November 2008. The third tropical disturbance and second named storm of the 2008–09 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Bernard developed out of a small area of low pressure on November 15 located about 795 km (495 mi) east-southeast of Diego Garcia. Traveling towards the east, the system gradually strengthened and was declared Tropical Disturbance 03-20082009 early on November 19. The disturbance strengthened into a depression the next day before briefly reaching moderate tropical storm status around 1200 UTC on November 20. As the system began to accelerate, convection associated with it rapidly diminished and the storm dissipated early th